PlacentalabruptionDefinition–Occursafter20thweeks,prematureseparationofthenormallysituatedplacentabeforedeliveryoffetusIncidence:inabroad:1%-2%inourcountry:0
Thefetalmortalityisdependingonthedegreeofseparation
Placentalabruptionisaseverecomplicationoflatepregnancy
Itisalsoasignificantcontributortomaternalmortality
peelsawayfromtheinnerwalloftheuterusbeforedelivery—depriveofoxygenandnutrientsofthefetus—heavybleedinginthemother
—motherandbabyinjeopardy
Etiology(1)vascularlesion:PIH,especialseverepre-eclampsia,chronichypertension,chronicrenaldisease---vascularsclerosisspasm---Localvascularinjury---vascularruptureintodecidualbasalis---bleeding,hematomaformation---shearsoffadjacentdenudedvessels,separationoftheplacentafromtheuterinewall
producingfurtherbleedingandenlargingtheseparat